THE WEALTHIEST CITY IN THE WORLD IS GOING TO BECOME IMPOVERISHED:  As the Birds Circle. New York City faces Mamdani — and the new Socialist Left.

But maybe it will recover. Eventually.

IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE DOUBLE VALUES, THEY’D HAVE NO VALUES AT ALL:  IDs for Thee, but Not for Me.

AGAIN, HERE IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Orlando’s Pulse nightclub shooting inspired ISIS-linked Halloween terror plot: court docs.

GOVERNMENT CAN’T FIX THE ECONOMY. IT CAN ONLY HURT IT:  Imagine you own a business. Then the government either: A) Makes it illegal not to buy your product, or B) Hands out unlimited loans so everyone can.

And for the X-capees.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED, THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  The Great Feminization isn’t catching on in the culture, despite its power in our institutions.

WHAT SHE SAID:  If you want people to listen to your opinions and to take your side on matters, do not insult them to their faces should not be a controversial position. Yet here we are.

And for the X-communicated.

I DON’T REMEMBER IF I SHARED THIS:  The Sound Track grows, it grows!

For those who are confused: what happened was this: I wrote a book. Okay, I’ve written a lot of books, but over the last two years I wrote this book that had to be published in three volumes because Amazon POD can’t bind a book 900 pages long. That book is No Man’s Land, and yes, it’s a fairly odd book, thank you for asking.  (It’s also, in a sideways way the book that made me an sf writer.)  But then my mom died, and for reasons known only to the psychiatrist I don’t have and don’t intend to get, I started writing lyrics (well, the first few were in the book, actually) and running them through a clanker (oh, for heaven’s sake, people, it’s a slur for a robot, aka AI) for music and singing.  These I shared with my fans, who then decided it was a good idea to say I should write a sound track. As if they didn’t know my compulsive nature. Anyway. So, there it is. Reading the blurb of the book might explain some of the songs. Or not. Actually, wait, one of the songs (About the book, not the sound track) is the best explanation of the book: Skip Hayden’s No Man’s Land.  I think the fact that the singer kind of looks like Charlie Martin caused Charlie to write this review. Maybe.
Anyway, that’s what it is. And I’ll probably take the first ten songs and give them free to my subscribers. meanwhile, I have another book that’s overdue to be done.

SHOULDN’T WE BE CALLING IT THE PHOENIX NEBULA:  Webb captures spectacular false-color image of planetary nebula.

THEY CAN’T HELP THEMSELVES:  Democrats Attempt To Bully Erika Kirk Again.

HE’S RIGHT, YOU KNOW?  IT’S THE 21ST CENTURY, OUR CHOICES ARE NOT FASCISM OR COMMUNISM:  Ben Shapiro: Tucker Carlson is the “main agent” in “normalizing Nazism within the Republican Party”.

Or if you prefer black fascism and red fascism. Those were, objectively, two sucky choices.

ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MONEY:  On Climate, Follow the Money.

I THOUGHT THEY ALREADY HAD – THAT’S WHY I ADVISE YOU HOMESCHOOL YOUR KIDS:  School districts adopting lefty prof’s curriculum teaching history through lens of oppression.

THE ATLANTIC IS A SCURRILOUS RAG WHO SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF ITSELF:  The Atlantic Says It’s Trump Officials’ Own Fault They Have To Flee Homes For Safety.

THEY NEED TO CHECK THEIR STARS, THAT’S WHERE THE ANSWERS ARE:   Ukrainians turn to tarot readings to find out if they’ll ever get ‘famous’ US Tomahawk missiles.

SOME OF US ARE STILL PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE:  The Socialist Nightmare: You Asked For It, New York — The City That Never Sleeps May Never Wake Up Again.

HE’S RIGHT, YOU KNOW?  Guest Author: John Konrad V, American on Canada.

ABOUT TIME:  President Trump Sets New Course with Shipbuilding and Maritime Plans.

WILDLY DESERVING:  The Special Prometheus Award for YA fiction isn’t well-known yet, but that could change with the nomination of Dave Freer’s Storm-Dragon
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IT’S NEEDED:  Trump’s major student-loan repayment overhaul continues during the government shutdown.

YOU CAN’T REASON PEOPLE OUT OF A POSITION THEY DIDN’T REASON THEMSELVES INTO:  There’s no reasoning with people like this.

And in case you missed it, Tilting at Windmills is having a fifth anniversary sale.

HE MAKES A POINT:  Mew, mew, mew!  Evangelical Christians Bad!

No, his point is not the title.

AS IT SHOULD BE:  Gun Control in the U.S. is Futile.

ON SUNDAYS I DO A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS TO THE RIGHT OF LENIN:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

There’s also a fun vignette challenge.

PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO KNOW HIM:  Queens Democrat Party snubs own Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani — refuses to endorse him for NYC mayor.

WHEN THE FACTS AND THE LAW ARE AGAINST YOU, POUND THE TABLE:  Ex-CIA Director John Brennan explodes as he’s confronted about Hunter Biden’s laptop.